Cash bail was set Friday for a man who police said sexually assaulted two children decades ago.

Cash bail was set Friday for a man who police said sexually assaulted two children decades ago.

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Updated: 12:36 PM EDT Jul 18, 2014

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WEBVTT BUS THAT WAS REMODELED INTO A CAMPER IN BARNSTEAD. RAY BREWER IS LIVE AT THE COURT WITH MORE. HE WILL REMAIN AT THE BELKNAP ACCOUNT HE JAIL UNLESS HE IS ABLE TO RAISE $75,000 IN CASH. THE PROSECUTION SAID THE ALLEGED FACTS IN THE CASE ARE PARTICULARLY DISTURBING. 67-YEAR-OLD KENNETH DATE STOOD SILENTLY, CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED FOR LUMIA SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE ASSAULT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED ON THIS FORMER SCHOOL BUS IN BARNSTEAD THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO A CAMPER. THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID THE ASSAULTS TOOK PLACE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. AT THIS TIME, THE DATES ALLEGED R 1991-1996. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKED INTO THE BARNSTEAD POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY SAID HE HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN. POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION HAS ALSO LED THEM TO MAINE AND A THIRD POSSIBLE VICTIM. THE PROSECUTION DECLINED TO COMMENT, BUT SAID THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASSAULTS. IT OCCURRED WITHIN FIVE YEARS, BUT EXCEEDED TWO MONTHS, AND HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. POLICE SAY THE ASSAULTS NUMBERED IN THE HUNDREDS. FOR HIS PART, THE ACCUSED HAD NOTHING TO SAY DURING THE HEARING, AND THE DEFENSE RESERVED ITS RIGHT TO ARGUE BAIL AT A LATER DATE. THE NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS AUGUST 1, A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING. THE PROSECUTION CONTINUING TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. ANYONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THIS

Man accused of sexually assaulting children years ago

Cash bail was set Friday for a man who police said sexually assaulted two children decades ago.